أَلا إِنَّ حُبّي لَهُ

تَجاوَزَ مِقدارهُ

My love for him has exceeded all bounds

Truly, my love for him

When all hearts are healed of their sorrows

Has exceeded all measure.

إِذا كُلُّ قَلبٍ سَلا

فَيا قَلبُ مِق دارَهُ

Then O my heart! heal yours

When every other heart finds solace,

It is as though my heart has made its home with him

Then, O heart, love his abode.

كَأَنَّ فُؤادي ثَوى

بِمَثواهُ أَو طارهُ

Or has flown away to be with him

As if my heart has settled

How can it say it is healed

In his dwelling, or flown to him.

وَكَيفَ يَقولُ اِشتَفي

وَلَم يَقضِ أَوطارَهُ

When it hasn’t finished its journey

And how can one say, "I am healed,"

When he has not fulfilled his desires?